Truck drivers in Lokoja, Kogi, on Wednesday blocked Abuja-Lokoja highway protesting alleged killing of one of them over non-payment of N5,000 toll.
The situation caused gridlock on the busy highway linking the northern and the southern parts of the country.
Many travelers were stranded on both ends of the Murtala Muhammad Bridge in Lokoja.
An eye-witness told newsmen at Akpanya, near the bridge, that the driver was flagged down at about 1 a.m. on Oct. 18 by revenue collectors from Kogi Agricultural Produce Board.
The witness who preferred anonymity, said the deceased was on transit from the Northern part of the country to the South when the revenue collectors allegedly demanded money from him.
He alleged that the late driver told them that he had only N1,500 and could only part with N1,000 and this drew the collectors’ ire.
The driver, whose name could not be immediately…
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